IT Reshoring News

May 05, 2015

Corporate Lobbyists are arguing for H-1Bs (and against U.S. Workers) on the Senate Floor

In April 2015 the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the H-1B visa program. Corporate lobbyists tried hard to dismiss real-life stories from workers displaced by foreign H-1Bs. See for yourself who those lobbyists are lobbying for.

Last month, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the H-1B Visa program. A piece at NetworkWorld.com (edited by Patrick Thibodeau) reported on the Committee’s statements, testimonies and emotionally-charged debates.

At stake is the number of H-1B visas awarded each year – right now set at 65,000. The I-Squared Act wants to increase the number up to 195,000. The Committee took statements from 400 IT workers displaced by SoCal Edison’s recent H-1B hiring spree, as well as testimony from professors & whistleblowers.

From the NetworkWorld article, it appears that the hearing was set up like “U.S. Workers vs. Corporate Lobbyists”.